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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Land tax rolls - Midlothian (Edinburgh) county - Volume 7 - parishes (see 'More info' for parish details), E106/22/7

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Description of Property	Valuation Sub 2	Present Proprietors	Valuation
No. 22. Woodhouselee, or Glencorse Parish.			SCOTS MONEY.
James Deans of Woodhouslee, £733.0.0, for Woodhouselee.
Divided thus, -
Robert Mowbray three-fifths, and James Riddell two-fifths, being Castlelaw and Bush	£400.0.0	John Trotter of Castlelaw	£400.0.0
Robert Mowbray for his part 40 shilling land of old extend	£300.0.0	James Tytler of Woodhouselee	£300.0.0
R. George Lockhart, for Milton and Old Woodhouselee	£33.0.0	Sir A. McDonald Lockhart	£33.0.0
Agrees,	£733.0.0
The Laird of Glencorse in 1702, for Glencorse	£340.0.0
For half of Greenlaw	£89.4.0
For Mr George Purves	£150.0.0
For John Borthwick	£89.4.0
And for Thomas Borthwick	£80.0.0
	£748.8.0
John Philip, £200.0.0, for Waster and Wester Greenlaw.
Divided thus,-
Greenlaw Mains	£83.0.8
Latch-shot	£13.16.10
Bogshott, and others, lying south of the new Dumfries road	£15.4.6	John Trotter of Castlelaw	£112.2.0
Parts of the lands of Greenlaw	£49.1.0	Commissioners of Transport-Board	£49.1.0
Lands of Beeslack and Backhall	£38.17.0	Alexander Cowan	£38.17.0
Per decreet, 15th November 1813	£200.0.0
The lands of Easter and Wester Greenlaw, as before stated	£200.0.0
The lands of Glencourse, as under divided	£548.8.0
Agrees,	£748.8.0
The lands and barony of Glencorse, £548.8.0
Divided thus -
Sir James Clerk of Pennicuick, for Lennoxtown-law, now Lawhead, formerly Thomas Borthwick's, as above	£80.0.0	Stated to Sir George Clerk, as after.
John Trotter of Glencorse, £468.8.0
Divided thus,-
Those parts of said barony called Whinnyknow, or Haugh and Kirklands £40.12.8		Robert Hill W.S. [Writer to the Signet]	£40.12.8
Those parts of said barony called the farm of Turnhouse and Rulzean-green, excepting the small inclosure No. 68 on Plan £149.14.4		Forbes Hunter Blair	£149.14.4
[total] £190.7.0	£190.7.0
Carried forward	£270.7.0	Glencorse carried forward	£1123.7.0
Brought forward	£270.7.0	Glencorse, Brought forward,	£1123.7.0
The remainder of said barony.
Those parts called East Kirklands
No. in said plan, 8,9,10,11,16,17, and 18 £37.8.7		Rev. Dr [Reverend Doctor] John Inglis	£37.8.7
Those parts called Glencorse Mains, or Lot 1. mentioned in said plan, 19,20,21,22,23,23,25,26,27,35, and 41 £56.2.11
Those parts called Glencorse Mains, or Lot 2. or South Lot, No. 34,35, and 36 £26.14.9
Those parts called Glencorse Mains, or Lot 3. or Bridgend, No. 46 and 68 £8.0.5
Those parts called Glencorse Mains, or Lot 4, or North Lot, 44 and 45 £42.15.6
Those parts called Glencorse Mains, or Lot 5, on the centre Lot, No. 28,29,30,31,32,33,41,42,43,51,54, and 58 £74.17.2 X		Alexander Finlay of Glencorse	£208.10.9
Those parts called Glencorse Mains, or Lot 5, on the centre Lot, No. 47,48,49,50, and 52 £16.0.0		Forbes Hunter Blair	£16.0.0
Those parts called Glencorse Mains, or Lot 6. or West Lot, No. 55,56,57, and 58, called Mauricewood £16.0.0		James Tytler of Woodhouselee	£16.0.10
	£278.1.0
Agrees,	£548.8.0
Sum for Glencorse, as before £468.8.0
Sir James Clerk £80.0.0
Per decreet, 4th March 1811.
Agrees, £548.8.0
Sir James Clerk, part of Glencorse, as before	£80.0.0
Sir James Clerk, for lands of Cuiken	£98.0.0	Sir George Clerk, Bart. [Baronet]	£178.0.0
	£178.0.0	Total Glencorse Parish,	£1579.8.0
N.B. Agrees with Rolls 1702, 1726, 1733, 1792, and 1811.

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Rectified Valuation Roll 1814, Continued

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Rectified Valuation Roll 1814, Continued

[Glencorse] See app. [appendix] 16 X

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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Land tax rolls - Midlothian (Edinburgh) county - Volume 7 - parishes (see 'More info' for parish details), E106/22/7

This volume contains land tax information from the parishes of Midlothian in 1814. These parishes include North Leith, South Leith, St Cuthbert's, Collington, Currie, Kirknewton, Inveresk, Lasswade, Newton, Newbattle, Libberton, Abbey of Holyroodhouse, Duddingston, Corstorphine, Cramond, Ratho, Kirkilston, East Calder, Mid Calder, West Calder, Dalkeith, Glencorse, Penicuik, Carrington, Crichton, Fala and Soutra, Temple, Heriot, and Stow.

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records)

The Scottish Exchequer, and subsequently the Court of Exchequer, were concerned with the accounting of collected taxes in Scotland. These taxes include the Carriage tax (1785-1798), Cart tax (1785-1798), Clock and watch tax (1797-1798), Dog tax (1797-1798), Farm horse tax (1797-1798), Servant tax (1777-1798), Hearth tax (1691-1695), Horse tax (1785-1798), Inhabited house tax (1778-1798), Land tax (1645-1831), Poll tax (1694-1698), Shop tax (1785-1789), Window tax (1748-1798). Following the Consolidating Acts (38 Geo. III cap. 40 and 41), the duties on windows, inhabited houses, male servants, carts, carriages and dogs were incorporated in Consolidated Schedules of Assessed Taxes (1798-1799).

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